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General => The Shed => Topic started by: anna on February 19, 2004, 13:58:01
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I noticed this and thought it might be of interest
http://www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk/acatalog/email_promo.html
Anna
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Thanks Anna - looks interesting!!
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thanks Anna.
Ohh - the suspense of what seeds I might get is killing me!
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ooooooooooo me to. Of course I have requested veggie seeds. Wonder what they have a bulk of and wanna get rid of. ;)
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Thanx Anna cant wait .Cool Angie
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Great offer that. Just subscribed to get my seeds. Only thing is having to choose between flowers or veg. Would have rather not been forced to choose like that.
Speaking of free seeds does anyone get Amateur gardning magazine with their free seeds every week?
Or is an RHS member and taken part in their distributoin scheme.
Yes from me on both counts :D
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YUp Richard, an RHS member. Have you had your seeds yet? Glad you are feeling better. ;D
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yes get amateur garden mag kitchen garden mag a monthly mag also has free seeds as well fab mag loads of good practical advice plus a regular lottie feature and am going to be a seed guardian for hydra too so have lots to look forward to growing 8)
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YUp Richard, an RHS member. Have you had your seeds yet? Glad you are feeling better. ;D
Thanks EJ
No not yet. Thoughmy order was a bit last minute, so its probably at the bottom of their list to do! Never mind It'll be worth waiting for. Trying some different things that you cant get elsewhere, like ornamental grasses etc
Whats the monthly one flower? I've got garden answers and GW magazine this month. GA has free seeds this month. 'Mcanna' aquilegias and 'star of the veldt'.
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richard the monthly one i am refering to is kitchen garden it is a lovely mag only £3.10 and free seeds worth at least £2.00 Gardens monthly also a nice mag they gave away some nice grass seeds the other month dahlias and sunflowers this month
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O well i wouldnt expect a true lottie to buy anything other than a kithcen garden magazine. GA tends to be abit 'light' and designerish.
What were the grass seeds in gardens monthy? I've never got that one.
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Hi Richard
The grass seeds i got free with gardens monthly were Briza maxima ( greater quaking grass) and Stippa tenuissima ( pony tails )
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Oh lovely. Have you sown any yet? Should look great in the garden.
I like grasses. am a recent convert to their delights after being initialy sceptical about them. I already have Miscanthus, Molina and Festuca. Love to have some stipas and carex too
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Thanks for this Anna - I've requested veggie seeds too...this is exciting! - H.P.
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woo hoo! received mine this morning...darn it, more tomatoes! Got Alicante...what did everyone get?
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lol Ross, yup, Toms. There are going to be a lot of tomato recipes needed come late summer!
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Tomatoes here as well....
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The postie arrived yesterday while I was in the shed sowing my five different varities of tomatoes, and guess what - oh another packet of tomatoes (aqui drops sarcasm as they are, afterall, free!) If I have room I'll probably sow some later in spring - I can never have too many tomatoes!
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Ha Ha :D no toms for me. Asked for flower seeds anyway and got some very pretty Cornflower seeds'polka dot' mixture.
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Well Iam pleased to report my seeds arrived this morning.
Not though quite what I was hoping for. I picked flower seeds rather than veg, since i didnt want any more veg seeds this year (and as i only grow what i like the pot luck nature of the offer didnt appeal).
So I have ended up with cornflower seeds (snap, Mimi!), a hardy annual i like and have grown before, but i already have plenty of seed! Still they will keep an d i might be able to grow a few more than last year.
Slight disapointment though. I was hoping for something different. Still ther might be more offers in the future so i will have to wait and see.
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i went for veg and got cornflowers!! love them though so very pleased!
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Who else got cornflowers then? Seems like they had a job lot to get rid of to me.
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I figured the veg would be toms as they seem to be given away left right and centre. Love Cornflowers, same thing really, cheap seeds in abundance so easy to give away, but hey, seeds for nowt, can't ask for farer than that, and as they didn't cost anything, if next year only half the packet emerge, you have lost nothing. :D
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(and as i only grow what i like the pot luck nature of the offer didnt appeal).
That's what I liked about it. I imagined (rather optimistically!) that it'd be something I'd never have thought of growing and don't usually grow. But of course not! Luckily we eat stacks of toms (well - tom sauces) so they will not go to waste.
I'm thinking of setting up a plant stool to flog off (for charity, of course!) my spares, after mum, mum-in-law and gran have taken their pick!